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As I answered somewhere else, the over-the-top freeloader term I think is justified because OP clearly expects not only to benefit from the work already available, freely, but also to be entitled, for free, to any work and improvement that comes in the future.

This is nonsensical. Someone did something for free. Fantastic. They used it, successfully, for a production system that enables scheduling for their job.

Nobody took that away from them. They didn't force them to rebuild their tool.

The code is even there, in the git history, available for them.

If OP doesn't like what the devs decided to do with the project, just move on or fork and pay someone to help you fix any outstanding bugs or missing features.



There is a generation divide in open source ideology over the past 10 - 20 years.

The modern one is what op and lots of younger generation agree upon. It should always be open source and continue to be supported by the community.

The old folks are basically take it or leave it. Fork it into my own while taking the maintenance burden too.




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